diff --git a/meson.changes b/meson.changes
index d0a937a..ed3da27 100644
--- a/meson.changes
+++ b/meson.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Aug 29 19:08:13 UTC 2020 - Callum Farmer <callumjfarmer13@gmail.com>
+
+- Add pr7648-fix-lchmod-check-for-glibc-2.32.patch:
+  fixes meson-test with glibc 2.32 (gh#mesonbuild/meson#7648)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Aug 17 09:45:41 UTC 2020 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/meson.spec b/meson.spec
index 53219e2..699aa5e 100644
--- a/meson.spec
+++ b/meson.spec
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Patch0:         meson-suse-ify-macros.patch
 Patch1:         meson-test-installed-bin.patch
 # PATCH-FEATURE-OPENSUSE meson-distutils.patch tchvatal@suse.com -- build and install using distutils instead of full setuptools
 Patch2:         meson-distutils.patch
+# PATCH-FIX-UPSTREAM pr7648-fix-lchmod-check-for-glibc-2.32.patch gh#mesonbuild/meson#7648
+Patch3:         pr7648-fix-lchmod-check-for-glibc-2.32.patch
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  python-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires:  python3-base
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ This package provides support for meson.build files in Vim.
 %if !%{with setuptools}
 %patch2 -p1
 %endif
+%patch3 -p1
 
 # We do not have gmock available at this moment - can't run the test suite for it
 rm -r "test cases/frameworks/3 gmock" \
diff --git a/pr7648-fix-lchmod-check-for-glibc-2.32.patch b/pr7648-fix-lchmod-check-for-glibc-2.32.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c76940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pr7648-fix-lchmod-check-for-glibc-2.32.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+From 4182ba04775b460ab5a7404f7eaeebe7af0573c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Mensinger <daniel@mensinger-ka.de>
+Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:46:35 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] tests: fix lchmod check for glibc >= 2.32 (fixes #6784)
+
+---
+ test cases/common/39 has function/meson.build | 20 +++++++++++++------
+ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/test cases/common/39 has function/meson.build b/test cases/common/39 has function/meson.build
+index 16f43c4975..26f13d6faa 100644
+--- a/test cases/common/39 has function/meson.build	
++++ b/test cases/common/39 has function/meson.build	
+@@ -54,15 +54,23 @@ foreach cc : compilers
+                             args : unit_test_args),
+             'couldn\'t detect "poll" when defined by a header')
+     lchmod_prefix = '#include <sys/stat.h>\n#include <unistd.h>'
++    has_lchmod = cc.has_function('lchmod', prefix : lchmod_prefix, args : unit_test_args)
++
+     if host_system == 'linux'
+-      assert (not cc.has_function('lchmod', prefix : lchmod_prefix,
+-                                  args : unit_test_args),
+-              '"lchmod" check should have failed')
++      glibc_major = cc.get_define('__GLIBC__', prefix: '#include <gnu/libc-version.h>', args: unit_test_args)
++      glibc_minor = cc.get_define('__GLIBC_MINOR__', prefix: '#include <gnu/libc-version.h>', args: unit_test_args)
++      glibc_vers = '@0@.@1@'.format(glibc_major, glibc_minor)
++      message('GLIBC vetsion:', glibc_vers)
++
++      # lchmod was implemented in glibc 2.32 (https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-announce/2020/000029.html)
++      if glibc_vers.version_compare('<2.32')
++        assert (not has_lchmod, '"lchmod" check should have failed')
++      else
++        assert (has_lchmod, '"lchmod" check should have succeeded')
++      endif
+     else
+       # macOS and *BSD have lchmod
+-      assert (cc.has_function('lchmod', prefix : lchmod_prefix,
+-                                  args : unit_test_args),
+-              '"lchmod" check should have succeeded')
++      assert (has_lchmod, '"lchmod" check should have succeeded')
+     endif
+     # Check that built-ins are found properly both with and without headers
+     assert(cc.has_function('alloca', args : unit_test_args),
+
+From 3062fc4251acb440870ba5199780d65a81a5b658 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Mensinger <daniel@mensinger-ka.de>
+Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:47:16 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] tests: update .gitignore
+
+---
+ .../157 wrap file should not failed/subprojects/.gitignore       | 1 +
+ test cases/unit/79 user options for subproject/.gitignore        | 1 +
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 test cases/unit/79 user options for subproject/.gitignore
+
+diff --git a/test cases/common/157 wrap file should not failed/subprojects/.gitignore b/test cases/common/157 wrap file should not failed/subprojects/.gitignore
+index 5550e2e0da..aabded6b26 100644
+--- a/test cases/common/157 wrap file should not failed/subprojects/.gitignore	
++++ b/test cases/common/157 wrap file should not failed/subprojects/.gitignore	
+@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+ /foo-1.0
+ /bar-1.0
++/foo-1.0-patchdir
+diff --git a/test cases/unit/79 user options for subproject/.gitignore b/test cases/unit/79 user options for subproject/.gitignore
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000000..0bec5eac13
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/test cases/unit/79 user options for subproject/.gitignore	
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++/subprojects